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Bethlehem Sparrows Point Delivers 120,000-Dwt Tanker To Atlantic Richfield

The 120,000-deadweight-ton tanker S/S Arco Fairbanks sails down Chesapeake Bay on her trial trip prior to her christening.

The 120,000-deadweight-ton tanker S/S Arco Fairbanks, one of the largest vessels to fly the

American flag, was recently chris- tened at the Sparrows Point, Md., shipyard of Bethlehem Steel Cor- poration by Mrs. Thornton F.

Bradshaw, wife of the president of Atlantic Richfield Company.

Named after the principal city of interior Alaska, the 883-foot- long vessel features the latest safety, navigational, communica- tions and antipollution equipment available. The ship has a liquid cargo capacity of nearly 950,000 barrels. She has a cruising range of 15,000 miles with a nominal sea speed of 16 knots developed from 26,000-horsepower steam turbines. The Arco Fairbanks completes the current building program of five tankers totaling 500,000 deadweight tons built by

Bethlehem Steel for Atlantic

Richfield.

Mrs. Bradshaw of Pasadena,

Calif., christened the third 120,- 000-ton U.S.-flag vessel in Atlan- tic Richfield's tanker fleet by breaking a bottle of champagne on the foremast. Her stepdaugh- ter, Mrs. Richard K. Page Jr., was matron of honor for the cere- mony.

Following the christening, Wil- liam H. Collins, general manager of the shipyard, was host at an onboard luncheon in honor of the sponsor, Mrs. Bradshaw.

The Arco Fairbanks was de- livered to Atlantic Richfield but will not go into Alaskan service immediately. The ship will initi- ally be used principally in over- seas service, pending completion of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, a spokesman said.

Previously, two 70,000-ton tankers — the S/S Arco Prudhoe

Bay and the S/S Arco Sag River — were delivered in 1971 and 1972 and are now in service for the company between Alaska's

Cook Inlet and the West Coast of the United States. The Arco

Anchorage and the Arco Juneau, both 120,000-ton tankers, were delivered in 1973 and last May, respectively, and have been in international service.

In addition to the Arco Fair- banks, the Sparrows Point yard has under construction, or on order, five 265,000-deadweight- ton tankers for other customers.

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Mrs. Thornton F. Bradshaw, wife of the president of Atlantic Richfield Company, holds a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of champagne just prior to christening the

S/S Arco Fairbanks. Standing on the deck of the 120,000-dwt tanker with Mrs.

Bradshaw, left to right: Mr. Bradshaw; Mrs. Richard K. Page Jr., Mrs. Bradshaw's stepdaughter and matron of honor; Mrs. Helen Delich Bentley, Chairman, Federal

Maritime Commission; Mrs. Walter F. Williams, and Mr. Williams, vice president- shipbuilding, Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

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